#  The "Longue Durée" of Arabic Literature, a conference in celebration of William E. Granara 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 3 - November 4, 2022** 

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####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Rm, S020, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

 **The Center for Middle Eastern Studies** is pleased to present

 **The *Longue Durée* of Arabic Literature,** a conference in celebration of William E. Granara

 This conference will bring together those who have worked with Professor Granara on Arabic literature to showcase the depth and breadth of their scholarship, which covers the vast terrain of Arabic literature, in all its continuities and disruption, spanning medieval and modern eras.  
  
Speakers will include:  
  
**Ali Asgar Alibhai** (UT Dallas)  
**Sinan Antoon** (NYU)  
**Ceyhun Arslan** (Koç University)  
**Daniel Behar** (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)  
**Eric Calderwood** (Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)  
**Phoebe Carter** (Harvard PhD candidate)  
**David DiMeo** (Western Kentucky Univ)  
**Haci Osman Gunduz** (Harvard PhD candidate)  
**Gregory Halaby** (Harvard)  
**Luke Leafgren** (Harvard)  
**Laila Parsons** (McGill)  
**Benjamin Smith** (Swarthmore)  
**Jonathan Smolin** (Dartmouth)

 Conference program:  
**Thursday, November 3, 2022  
4:00-6:30pm**

 **Friday, November 4, 2022  
9:30am-5:00pm**

 *Further program details will be posted here closer to the date of the conference.*

 **Co-sponsors:** Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and the Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University  
**Contact:** <a>Liz Flanagan</a>



 

 



 

 

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